Former Srilankan chairman appears before PRECIFAC

Army calls for war crimes evidence

Army commander Lieutenant General?Jagath Jayasuriya says that Sri Lanka is prepared to conduct investigations on the war crimes alleged to have been committed by the security forces, if the charges are backed with evidence. State radio today quoted?him as saying that preliminary investigations have been conducted through the establishment of two courts?on the recommendations? of the commission on lessons learnt and reconciliation and on the channel four accusations. The army commander said that

15 May, 2013

President says Sri Lanka politically stable

The twin pillars of durable peace and political stability have opened doors for Sri Lanka to move forward on accelerated economic and social development, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. He said this while delivering the keynote address at the Commonwealth Local Government Conference (CLGC) 2013 in Kampala, Uganda, under the theme ?Developmental Local Government: Putting Local Government at the Heart of Development.? ?We, in Sri Lanka, have consistently regarded local government as the most pr

15 May, 2013

Swiss probe reveals Lankan links

Investigations carried out by Switzerland last year into money laundering and terror funding had revealed that money had also come from Sri Lanka to fund terrorism. They were among more than 1,500 suspected money-laundering cases that Swiss authorities disrupted last year, including 15 linked to terrorist financing, officials said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. One of the terrorist-financing cases in 2012 involved 7.45 million francs ($7.8 million) and accounted for nearly all of th

14 May, 2013